Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

SHEPWAY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

Shepway CAB aims to provide free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information for the local community, influence on development of social policies and ensure individuals do not suffer through a lack of knowledge or inability to express their needs properly. In addition to general advice specialist advice is provided for welfare benefit, debt provision and housing possession.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 20 years

josephwardjones@yahoo.co.uk

01303661020

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£191£237£-46n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£262£253£9n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/03/21£256£258£-2n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£292£284£8n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£281£257£24n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£287£267£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£220£253£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£312£378£-66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£404£229£175£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£426£349£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£475£472£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£559£567£-8£9£136£571.2150
31/03/11£535£598£-62£11£144£881.8160
31/03/10£641£572£69£11£206£1012.1180
31/03/09£402£399£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£293£309£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£292£306£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£224£220£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£209£178£31£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£42,000 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID73
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£38,000 13/10/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Ministry of Justice - Litigants in Person Scheme 2
£20,000 01/07/2017
To provide support to litigants in person to help them access sources of information and free legal advice, to assist them to navigate the court process, and where appropriate to support them to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Shepway & Ashford Advice Partnership
£327,885 19/04/2013
36
The aim of this new project will see Shepway Citizens Advice Bureau (Shepway CAB) lead a ten organisation partnership to bring together advice services across Ashford and Shepway. To improve the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-73
  • ANNE PETRIE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2004, number: 1102964
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/03/2004, number: 05063463
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 0 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KENT AND MEDWAY CITIZENS ADVICE on 27/03/2020
Main office

Units 4-6
Princes Gate
George Lane
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 1RH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE SHEPWAY DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

SHEPWAY, KENT AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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